Film: The Missing Picture (12A)

The Missing Picture (12A)
Rithy Panh spent his early years in a comfortable middle-class household in Phnom Penh, but with the rise of Pol Pot’s regime he suffered profound hunger and brutality in labour camps where the rest of his family perished. Looking back on these horrific events, Panh recreates his experiences with miniature clay figures against stylised backdrops and archive footage (much of which was shot by the regime itself). Totems of childhood innocence, these mute figures are invested with extraordinary expressive power by the forensic detail and lyrical restraint of Panh’s narration. A searching rumination on the relationship between memory and trauma, The Missing Picture demands we reflect on near-unimaginable suffering with a sombre urgency and quiet insistence. Oscar nominated for best Foreign Language Film.

Fri 21 March 8.30pm
Sat 22 March 2.30pm & 5.30pm
Sun 23 March 8pm
Wed 26 March 8.30pm
Thur 27 March 6pm

Dir. Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France, 2014, 96 mins, subtitled.

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